Rainstorm Resources

Please choose one weather event.

Either:

• Thunderstorms

or

• Floods

Definitions

All About Rain
How Do Thunderstorms Form
What is a Flood?
Weather Watch

Floods

Weather Wiz Kids- Rain & Floods
Exploring Weather-Flood Safety
Center For Science Education=Flood Safety
Flood Safety Movie
Driving in the Rain Video Safety Tips

Thunderstorms

Weather Wiz Kids- Thunderstorms
Weather Wiz Kids- Lightning
SciJinks-What Causes Lightning
SciJinks Video-Lightning
SciJinks Video- A view of lightning from space
Exploring Weather-Thunderstorm Safety
Center For Science Education-Thunderstorm Safety
Captain Safety-Lightning Safety Video
**National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) Lightning Safety Tips**
Lightning Activity Book
Preparing for Power Outages

More Tips for Emergency Situations

R.I. Ready.gov (Make a plan for many different emergency situations.)
SciJinks-Helping in an Emergency
SciJinks-When Disaster Strikes

Stories about Weather Emergencies

True Stories About Weather Emergencies
Wild Ride After a Flash Flood

Easy Experiments to Better Understand

(Make Thunder and Lightning)
Weather Wiz Kid Experiments

Riddles. for a little chuckle...

Q1

What did one raindrop say to the other raindrop?

A1

My plop is bigger than your plop.

Q1

What do you call it when it rains chickens and ducks?

A1

Foul (fowl) weather.

See more weather riddles at Weather Wiz Kids